Steve Largent
Steve Largent
Stephen Michael "Steve" Largentis a retired American football player, enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, and a former Republican politician, having served in the U.S. House of Representatives for Oklahoma, from 1994 until 2002. Prior to his political career, Largent was a wide receiver for the Seattle Seahawks in the National Football League for his entire 14-season professional football career. He held several all-time receiving records when he retired...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAthlete
Date of Birth28 September 1954
CountryUnited States of America
Clearly the last two years are nothing to be proud of.
Chuck had a million sayings and he didn't spare any on us. He was very much a motivator, but he was also a good thinker,
It's amazing, when I look back on my career, how often he was dead-on in his prediction of what we needed to do to be successful,
As an industry, we have never seen an event like this.
I've got a ton of stories about Chuck Knox, ... Over the course of my playing career, there was nobody that I learned to respect and appreciate more than I did Chuck Knox.
I've seen guys come along with more ability - they've been faster or bigger or stronger - but they never worked hard to develop themselves. Sometimes I've wondered what I could have done with their talent. On the other hand, the tag that I was too small and slow made me work hard.
The more studies that come out that talk about concussions and so forth, it makes me wonder. I wonder, more importantly than the stroke, the impact that concussions have had on my life, particularly as I get older.
I totally reject the big-tent mentality that's within the Republican Party today, because if big tent means you have no principles, no core values, no convictions that are absolutely rock solid, then it's the wrong movement,
They say politics is a contact sport, and I have to agree with that.
This is precisely the type of event that people like Mr. Arafat ought to be invited to,
I've always had this nightmare of going back to the Kingdome and seeing myself waddle in bald, overweight, with a big belly hanging over my belt, and I just imagine people going, 'That's Steve Largent?'
Some receivers are like sports cars: they have a lot of speed and flair. Me, I'm like an old pickup truck. I just bounce around and try to get the job done.
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If I conduct myself publicly and privately in a way that is honorable, not just to the people of the district that I represent but to God, then I will feel like I have been successful.